As the 11th Jammu and Kashmir [Images]Assembly elections returned a fractured verdict, 35 out of the43 political parties that were in fray failed to win a singleseat.

"Out of 43 political parties in fray, only eight have wondifferent number of seats in the elections and 35 parties gota big zero," Election Department officials told PTI.

A record number of 1354 candidates, including 517independents, contested the seven-phased assembly elections inthe state, having an 87-member assembly.

While three national parties - Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and Communist Party of India-Marxist and five regional parties--National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, People DemocraticFront and J&K Democratic Party National- won 87seats together, 750 candidates fielded by 35 outfits lost thehustings, the officials said.

The National Conference headed by Omar Abdullah [Images] toppedthe list with 28 seats, followed by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed'sPDP with 21, Congress with 17 and BJP with 11. The CPI-M, PDF and JKDPN have all won one seat each.

The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party, had fieldedthe second highest number of 83 candidates, but failed to baga single seat.